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The Spark Newspaper

We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.

Issue no. 836 — December 15, 2008 - January 12, 2009

Editorial

Editorial: Auto: Only one answer to extortion: NO!

Pages 2-3

Mervyns department store chain closed – drained by Cerberus

Earlier auto concessions led to huge job losses

$73 an hour? When pigs fly!

Cerberus plans to gut Chrysler – why should we help them?

UAW leaders: Doing the companies’ dirty work

Big Three CEOs agree to “sacrifice”

Pages 4-5

Japan: Seniors seeking shelter in prison

Why Greek youth and workers are angry

Greece: Police murder

Zimbabwe: Good and bad dictators

Book Review: The Hot Topic: What we can do about global warming”

Pages 6-7

Illinois governor indicted for corruption: What a surprise!

Page 8

Capitalist deals bring down nine newspapers

Economics 101

Chicago: Sit-in by Republic Windows workers

California: No money for school lunches? Nonsense!

 
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